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Black Computer Scientists in Academe: An Endangered Species?
African-Americans account for just 1.3 percent of computer science faculty at U.S. colleges and universities, and only 1.6 percent of computer science doctorate...
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PARC, Which Laid Foundation for PC Revolution, Turns 40
PARC—the Xerox-backed research institution that laid the foundation for the personal computing revolution—is celebrating its 40th anniversary, but the fabled...
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An Army of Tech-Savvy Warriors Has Been Fighting Its Battles in Cyberspace
They were Air Force fighter pilots, Army rangers and Marine tank commanders. There was even a Navy fighter jet radar officer who had been taken prisoner during...
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Everyday Robot Helpers Could Be Affordable in a Decade Or Less
Cornell University Assistant Professor of Computer Science Ashutosh Saxena envisions that "in five to 10 years, people will buy an assistive robot that will be...
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Seeing the Internet As an 'information Weapon'
The United States and other world powers have agreed to arms control measures in recent years that limit the deployment and use of nuclear, biological and chemical...
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Internet Said to Speed Development For Poor Nations
Internet technology drives economic growth and enables poor countries to develop at a faster pace than rich nations did, Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers,...
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'citizen Scientists' Could Help in Response to Environmental Disasters
Jules White, with the Virginia Tech College of Engineering, seeks to create a massive data collection system that would rely on information captured by "citizen...
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Extending the Law of War to Cyberspace
It may come as a surprise to some war victims, but there actually is a body of international law that establishes when and how nations can legally engage in armed...
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Clever Cars to Mean Safer Driving
On-board computers and sensors in cars are helping to augment a person's driving skill and that trend will only continue as technologies such as collision-detection...
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Less Is More in the Fight Against Terrorism
Suffolk University's Philip Vos Fellman used tools for analyzing complex systems to study terrorist networks. Vos Fellman says his computer models offer clues...
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Code That Tracks sers' Browsing Prompts Lawsuits
Sandra Person Burns used to love browsing and shopping online. Until she realized she was being tracked by software on her computer that she thought she had erased...
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Parting the Waters: Computer Modeling Applies Physics to Red Sea Escape Route
New research shows the extent to which such sustained winds can dramatically lower water levels. The research suggests that such a "wind setdown" event could have...
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Pentagon Bomb Squad Backs Super Snipers, Mini-Bots, Secret Spy Tech
"Devil Pup" robots. Super sniper scopes. Secret signals intelligence sensors. Flying spies to find buried threats. Campaigns to influence the media behind the...
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Island Dreams to Become Virtual Reality
A European research project will update three-dimensional versions of Mediterranean islands automatically with current information from a range of public and private...
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British Chip Designer Prepares For Wider Demand
Near the southeastern edge of Cambridge, where this idyllic university town gives way to fields of green, sits the headquarters of ARM Holdings. Neither the modest...
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Sensor Networks Top Social Networks For Big Data
The Internet of Things—with sensors that monitor, for example, road use or airline flights—is poised to dwarf social media sites in its ability to generate data...
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IBM Ceo: Smart Grid Is Internet of Things
In a rare public speaking occasion, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano said that today's energy infrastructure needs to be further digitized and focused on the end consumer...
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For Deaf, Wireless Devices a New Portal to World
Quietly over the last decade, phones that make text messaging easy have changed life profoundly for millions of deaf people.
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Lead By Women in Graduate Degrees Doesn't Extend to It
Women received 60 percent of the master's degrees and 50.4 percent of the doctorates in the 2008-09 academic year, but degrees in computer and information sciences...
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